We face 15th seed Downer's Grove this round. Meanwhile, Whitney Young is up against 8th seed Glenbrook South. But it is not just Glenbrook South's seeding that makes this interesting. Glenbrook South fought Whitney Young down to a last-second victory by Sam Schmakel over the formidable Gauri Manoj. They gave Whitney Young trouble in last year's State championship, as well, threatening them more than any team short of Niles North.
One might wonder why we play 15, while the top seed plays 8. The best I can figure is that IHSA has a list of the standing of every team so far in the tournament, and at the moment, the tie-breaks favor us rather than Whitney Young. In fact, like last year, Northside is currently listed as the first school in the standings, just as we were last year after three or four rounds. Once again, it looks like our competition has been performing better than anyone else's competition, so we get credit for dominating successful adversaries. By the end of seven rounds, that will stand as a pretty fair measure. Caveat: after three rounds, that hierarchy is pretty meaningless. Note that Eric Rosen is currently listed as number 11 among the 18 currently undefeated first boards :-) But if you enjoy looking at Northside listed as number 1, check it out while it is fresh and have your fill.
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In fact, if we and WY both prevail this round, Glenbrook South should provide them with a boost of tiebreak points. On the other hand, if something else should result from this round's match-ups ... ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~
Back to reality.
Rounds 4-7 will decide who is really number one this year, and the Mustangs are major players, giving it their best.
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